Chapter 366: Worries
Chapter 366: Worries
She raised the cane in her hands and smacked Meng Yunhan harshly with it. The impact was so loud that it echoed in the corridor, making Meng Yunhan scream in pain. The pain was so excruciating that Meng Yunhan’s expression could not help but become warped. She glared at Old Madam Han and asked angrily, "Mom, what are you doing?" Had this old woman gone mad? She was hitting her as if she wanted her life. Just now, if she were not careful, Meng Yunhan was sure that the old woman would have cracked her arm.
"What am I doing? What am I doing?" Old Madam Han was so angry that she was shaking. She threw her cane to one corner and stretched her claws toward Meng Yunhan. Catching her hair in her hands, she raised her hand and smacked the woman on the face twice. "You shameless woman! It’s bad enough that you have wasted all of our savings and now, instead of helping your husband by borrowing money for his treatment, you are sitting here like a piece of wood and still dare to act arrogantly in front of my grandchildren?"
"Meng Yunhan! I am telling you to quit while you still have time. Don’t act shamelessly with me. I am telling you that I have already reached the end of my patience with you." Old Madam Han pointed her finger at Meng Yunhan and snorted angrily. "If you cannot sit still, then get lost! Anyway, having you as a daughter-in-law is no better than having no daughter-in-law at all."
If anything, it would have been better if her son had never married Meng Yunhan in the first place.
Meng Yunhan stiffened. She could coax Han Yichen but she had no confidence when it came to Old Madam Han. This old hag had never liked her ever since she married Han Yichen. Old Madam Han had made things difficult for her in one way or another. If Old Madam Han chased her away, then Meng Yunhan was worried that she would really chase her back to her maternal home. All these years, she had never contacted her parents. Meng Yunhan did not even know if they were still alive or not.
Back then, even when her parents were alive, her sisters-in-law had quite a lot of opinions on her. If she were to go back, then she was worried that her sisters-in-law would throw her right out of the house.
After all, no one knew better than Meng Yunhan that she had been lying about sending goods and money to her maternal family. All these years, she had never sent a penny back home! If she were to return, what face would she even have to look her brothers in the eyes?
Old Madam Han snorted and then turned to look at her two grandchildren, and when she saw them bleeding, her eyes suddenly filled with tears. She was so angry that she wished to hit Meng Yunhan a few more times; this woman was really too much. "Ruochen, Ah Hong, don’t worry too much. I have sent your second uncle to raise money... as long as we try hard enough, maybe we will be able to raise the fees."
"Grandmother—"
"Grandmother, my brother and I have already paid the fees." Han Ruochen caught her brother’s wrist and spoke to her grandmother with a smile. "We somehow managed to borrow the money... it was all thanks to Brother Hong’s hard work that we were able to borrow money so quickly." Han Ruochen knew that if she told her old grandmother that she was the one who raised the money, Old Madam Han would start worrying. So she told her that it was Han Yong who borrowed the money.
"Paid? Is it really paid?" Old Madam Han was shocked. She turned to look at Han Yong, who nodded solemnly, but looking at the expression of the two grandchildren, she knew that the matter was not simple. Of course it was not! That was more than three thousand yuan. How could they get the money so soon? It was simply impossible.
"That’s great! Dad’s life can be saved now." Han Ziyan cheered up quickly when she heard that the fees had been paid.
Seeing how happily Han Ziyan was smiling, Han Ruochen turned gloomy. Even strangers were worried about her. They were asking her how she managed to borrow so much money in such a short span of time, but her mother and Han Ziyan had no such qualms; if anything, they were glad that they did not have to take a penny out.
Old Madam Han was utterly disappointed in this hopeless daughter-in-law of hers. As for Han Ziyan, she had no hope to begin with. The woman was an adopted daughter; of course, she was going to be selfish to the core, but Meng Yunhan was her son’s wife. How could she be so ...cruel?
She pulled Han Yong and Han Ruochen aside and said to them. "That’s more than four thousand yuan. Where did you get the money from? Ah Yong, Ruochen, I know that you are worried about your father, but you should think carefully. Money is lifeless, and people are alive. There will be solutions to a problem. Your mom is out of line, but you two should also think of yourselves and not do anything foolish."
Was borrowing more than a thousand yuan an easy feat? Of course not. She was afraid that this sum of money was something that even her son would not be able to borrow. How did these two come up with such a big sum of money?
"Grandma, rest assured. The money comes from decent sources; I borrowed it from someone I know." Han Ruochen’s cold heart warmed up when she saw how her grandmother cared about her, and her expression became more and more relaxed.
"Are you sure?" Old Madam Han was still worried and could not help but double-check.
Seeing that her old grandmother was still worried, Han Ruochen smiled wryly and remarked, "Grandma, all the family belongings are in my mom’s hands. Do you think that I will be able to borrow the money from loan sharks?" Every loan called for something as collateral; how could she get anything to put as collateral?